tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117359305188423892.post7065888132324613336..comments2023-09-04T14:52:01.773+05:30Comments on mawatha silva: IDPs1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117359305188423892.post-52816325311701371002009-09-09T01:07:07.081+05:302009-09-09T01:07:07.081+05:30Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa appear to be...Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa appear to be building permanent Sri Lanka Guantanamo-like concentration camp to house many of the 300,000 rnnocent Tamil civilians from the last phase of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels, despite promising to resettle 80 per cent of them by the end of the year.<br /> Aid workers have told that permanent buildings are being erected at The Sri Lanka Guantanamo-like concentration camp site where the UN says that 300,000 of the refugees are being held after the Tigers’ defeat in May.<br /> The Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa originally proposed holding the innocent Tamil civilian in “welfare villages” for up to three years to check that they were not Tigers, and to clear their villages of mines.<br /> After donor nations protested and Tamil MPs and activists compared the barbed wire enclosures to concentration camps, the Government promised to resettle 80 per cent of the refugees by the end of this year. <br />Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Defence Secretary, who is also the President’s brother, renewed the promise last week.<br />Aid workers said that Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa meant to hold refugees for much longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117359305188423892.post-9172058557061528642009-08-14T19:35:45.062+05:302009-08-14T19:35:45.062+05:30Can't believe that all major international loa...Can't believe that all major international loans are not linked to insuring basic human rights. Money should have been made to be put aside to help the tamil people.<br />The Sri Lankan government should remember that the victors in any conflict are judged on how they behave in victory!Zarisa Strict Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833705983749031248noreply@blogger.com